University Park, Pa. -- In what is traditionally called a topping-off ceremony, contractors hoisted the final I-beam into its place Tuesday, April 6, on the Millennium Science Complex, now under construction at Penn State's University Park campus. Attendees from the University included Al Horvath, vice president for Finance and Business/University Treasurer and Henry C. Foley, vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School.
By completing the complex skeletal frame, construction workers can begin finishing the envelope, or outer shell, and then finally the interior of the complex, which will house materials science and life science faculty together to encourage innovative research collaborations. The building's completion is anticipated in summer 2011.
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